"Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised" --Proverbs 31:30
Sunday, March 9, 2008
This Month in Women's History
March 3, 1887: Anne Sullivan arrived at the home of young Helen Keller to begin to teach her to communicate.
March 3, 1913: Woman suffrage supporters marched in Washington, D.C., disrupting the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. Onlookers attacked while police stand by.
March 8, 1702: Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, ascended to the British throne. Women workers in New York City strike for higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions. Phyliss M Daley sworn in as navy ensign, the first black nurse to achieve that office.
March 9, 1976: West Point Military Academy accepts its first female cadet.
March 13, 963: Anna born - her marriage to Vladimir of Kiev led to the Christianization of Russia
March 26, 1973: Ten women became the first women to be admitted as members of the London Stock Exchange.
March 27, 1912: Two Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac River in Washington, DC, by First Lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of the Japanese ambassador, Viscountess Chinda; the idea was a fulfillment of a long campaign by photographer and travel writer Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore.
March 30, 1932: Amelia Earhart became first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
March 31, 1776: Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams: "If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation."
"She who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust" Psalms 91:1-2. This is a blog about the things that make us women....things that are important....and things that aren't so much but are still a part of us. Come and enjoy my "secret" place. You may find some surprises here from time to time. Suprises about who I am and surprises about who you are too!! Enjoy!
I am a woman, daughter, sister, mother, and wife. I am an ultrasonographer and work at Summa Breast and Imaging Center at Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH. Enjoy some of the things that make us women....good recipes, health information, and just fun stuff!!
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